Spychips
Subtitle: how major corporations and government plan to track your every move with RFID
By: Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre.
Contributors: McIntyre, Liz.
Publisher: Nelson Current
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781595550200
Subjects: Privacy, Right of -- United States; Radio frequency identification systems; Electronic surveillance -- Social aspects -- United States
Other titles: Spy chips.
Description: "RFID, which stands for Radio Frequency IDentification, is a technology that uses computer chips smaller than a grain of sand to track items from a distance. And as this mind-blowing book explains, plans and efforts are being made now by global corporations and the U.S government to turn this advanced technology, these spychips, into a way to track our daily activities--and keep us all on Big Brother's short leash. Compiling massive amounts of research with firsthand knowledge, Spychips explains RFID technology and reveals the history and future of the master planners' strategies to imbed these trackers on everything--from postage stamps to shoes to people themselves--and spy on Americans without our knowledge or consent. It also urgently encourages consumers to take action now--to protect their privacy and civil liberties before it's too late."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tracking everything everywhere : the RFID threat; title: Spychips 101 : the basics of RFID; title: The master plan : how RFID could change your world forever; title: The spy in your shoe : how everyday objects could report on their owners; title: There's a target on your back : how marketers plan to use RFID to manipulate and spy on customers; title: The RFID retail zoo : the future of shopping; title: Bringing it home : how RFID could invade your private spaces; title: Talking trash : how the RFID tags you throw away say as much as the ones you keep; title: Yes, that's your medicine cabinet talking : how your doctor, pharmacy, and hospital plan to use RFID; title: This is a stickup : RFID crimes, should-be crimes, and just plain snooping; title: Downshifting into surveillance mode : tracking people through their travels; title: The chips that won't die : technical fixes to the RFID problem; title: Adapt or die : how RFID backers hope to get you on board; title: Are you next? : numbering, tracking, and controlling humans with RFID; title: Your tax dollars at work : government use of RFID; title: The nightmare scenario : what if Hitler had RFID?; title: Pull the plug! : how you can help win the RFID war; title: Epilogue.